filling station
"filling-station" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“filling station” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filling station |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “filling station” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for filling station is 15 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.".
filling station has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is filling station, spelled F-I-L-L-I-N-G- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “filling station”
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- The one correct English spelling is F-I-L-L-I-N-G- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.